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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Expressionism
Progression
Ornaments
Pastoral
2. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Tremolo
Rigaudon
Quintet
Clavier
3. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Sonatina
Classical
Tempo
Tremolo
4. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Opus
Theme
Fourth
Temperament
5. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Interlude
Recital
Energico
Sonata
6. Pertains to tone or tones.
EnharmonicInterval
Chamber music
Tonal
Clef
7. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Pitch
Flat
Mezzo
8. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Register
Finale
Theme
9. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Cadenza
Beat
Round
Castrato
10. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Operetta
Rococo
Chord
Unison
11. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Unison
Temperament
Castrato
Fugue
12. A direction to play lively and fast.
Pastoral
Allegro
Duet
Baroque
13. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Phrase
Grazioso
Musicology
14. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Slur
Recital
EnharmonicInterval
Cadenza
15. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Chromatic scale
Duet
Classicism
Leading note
16. A separate section of a larger composition.
Cadence
Pentatonic Scale
Movement
Tutti
17. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Impromptu
Musicology
Symphony
18. The principal note of a triad.
Modulation
Coda
Recitative
Root
19. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Cantabile
Whole-tone scale
Tremolo
Hymn
20. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Obbligato
Cantata
Triad
Exposition
21. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Medley
Opus
Exposition
Rondo
22. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Madrigal
Operetta
Coda
Clef
23. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
March
Tune
Mezzo
Klangfarbenmelodie
24. Group of singers in a chorus.
Relative major and minor
Romantic
Temperament
Choir
25. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Romantic
Stretto
Leading note
Gregorian Chant
26. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Scherzo
Forte
Major
Orchestra
27. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Impromptu
March
Minor
Rigaudon
28. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Scherzo
Fifth
Leading note
Galliard
29. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Impromptu
Cantata
Grandioso
Portamento
30. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Tonality
Polytonality
Libretto
Key signature
31. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Chant
Fifth
Adagio
Symphony
32. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Classicism
Neoclassical
Oratorio
Nonet
33. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Tonal
Tempo
Quartet
Accelerando
34. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Reed
Modes
Allegro
Legato
35. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Register
Part
Nocturne
Form
36. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Notation
Requiem
Song cycle
Oratorio
37. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Symphony
Slide
Clef
Maestro
38. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Exposition
Cadenza
Relative major and minor
Staccato
39. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Interval
Root
Round
Symphony
40. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Operetta
Leitmotif
Intonation
Rhythm
41. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Homophony
Vibrato
Sonata form
Flat
42. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Suite
Interval
Atonal
43. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Modulation
Portamento
Conductor
Sonata
44. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Exposition
Glissando
Sextet
Piano
45. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Tonic
Tuning
Cantata
Introduction
46. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Chromatic scale
Libretto
Whole-tone scale
Homophony
47. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Tuning
Reprise
Ornaments
Forte
48. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Musette
Vibrato
Finale
Rhythm
49. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Energico
Impromptu
Symphony
Rubato
50. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
March
Tune
Quartet
Polyphony
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